Portway Hill is part of the Rowley Hills, near Rowley Regis in West Midlands, England. It is the site of a nature reserve of the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country.

Portway Hill
Location within West Midlands
Location	Rowley Regis, West Midlands
OS grid	SO977890
Coordinates	52.499°N 2.034°W / 52.499; -2.034
Created	2011 (2011)
Operated by	Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country
Open	All year
Website	www.bbcwildlife.org.uk/Portway-hill

Description

The reserve, an area of grassland, was acquired as part of the Wildlife Trust's appeal to protect the Rowley Hills.[1]

Wild flowers in the grassland include rare species such as bee orchid and hare's-foot clover. Butterflies on the reserve include one of the few colonies of marbled white butterfly in the West Midlands.[1]

The grassland habitat attracts particular species of birds, and there are birds of prey such as kestrels and peregrine falcons.[1]

Exposures of Rowley Rag, a hard volcanic rock formerly quarried on Portway Hill, can be seen.[1][2]

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